soulache

plural soulaches · alternative soul-ache

1. datedpoeticuncountableusuallyA deep, foundational sense of despair, hopelessness, or anguish, often so extreme as to be debilitating to those afflicted by it.

   He, too, had a touch of soul-ache; but luckily it did not interfere with his carnal appetite.

   1911, William John Locke, The Glory of Clementina Wing, John Lane, page 139

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   “Sure,” said Bridget; “and when you feel a soul-ache, it shows you've been doing wrong, and it hurts you; […]”

   1874, Helen Cross Knight, chapter IV, in Kitty King; or, Chapters for children, page 31

   But soulache is different from heartache. Although it can also relate in relation to someone, there is a different preposition used to described soulache, ‘after.’

   2004, International Journal of Communication, Bahri Publications, page 12